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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N449HW

Carl J Buchmeier CHALLENGER II

Valid Illinois

N449HW is a Carl J Buchmeier CHALLENGER II, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Paxton, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 18, 2023 and expires on March 31, 2030. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Carl J Buchmeier
Model
CHALLENGER II
Serial number
CH20194-1079
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Two-cycle piston, 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A56CD0 (octal 51266320)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 18, 2023
Expires
March 31, 2030
Last FAA action
April 25, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01071167

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Steiger Robert A
Type
Individual
Address
1186 Roselawn Dr
Paxton, IL 60957-1835

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data